Brigadoon rehearsal, 10/18/96, 4:00-6:00PM [electronic resource]/ [presented by] New York City Opera ; book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner ; music by Frederick Loewe ; original choreography by Agnes de Mille ; choreography recreation and additional choreography by Gemze de Lappe.
2 streaming video files (NTSC) (91 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
Rehearsal of the Sword dance, and the ending of the Wedding dance that leads into it, from the musical Brigadoon, supervised by Randall Graham and Gemze de Lappe. He and the dancers occasionally consult a video of a performance by students of North Carolina School of the Arts, recorded in May 1996.
Recording made possible by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library, with the cooperation of Gemze de Lappe, Randall Graham, David Grossberg, Floria Lasky, John McGlinn, Terrence S. Orr, Keith Viagas, the Agnes de Mille Foundation, New York City Opera, New York City Opera Ballet, and New York City Opera Orchestra.
Access (note)
Closed.
Credits (note)
Assistant to Ms. de Lappe, Randall Graham ; conductor, John McGlinn ; ballet mistress, Jessica Redel ; assistant to ballet mistress, Esperanza Galan.
Event (note)
Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in the main hall studio of New York State Theater, New York, on October 18, 1996, 4:00-6:00PM, by Jay Millard of Harmill Communications.
Funding (note)
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Title
Brigadoon rehearsal, 10/18/96, 4:00-6:00PM [electronic resource]/ [presented by] New York City Opera ; book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner ; music by Frederick Loewe ; original choreography by Agnes de Mille ; choreography recreation and additional choreography by Gemze de Lappe.
Imprint
c1996.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Performer
Danced by Tim Foster, Gary Giffune, Tyler Ingram, Terry Lacy, Brandon L. Saxon, Philipp Verges, Yuriy Vodolaga, William Ward, John Radwick. Robert La Fosse, who performs the role of Harry Beaton, is listed on frame but does not appear at this rehearsal; William Ward stands in for him as the central sword dancer.
Pianist: Susan Woodruff Versage.
Credits
Assistant to Ms. de Lappe, Randall Graham ; conductor, John McGlinn ; ballet mistress, Jessica Redel ; assistant to ballet mistress, Esperanza Galan.
Restricted access
Closed.
Event
Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in the main hall studio of New York State Theater, New York, on October 18, 1996, 4:00-6:00PM, by Jay Millard of Harmill Communications.
Funding
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.